...Jays are covering $10M and get international bonus money in return + Jesus (nobody) Lopez

Probably clearing at-bats for Vlad.

Also, clearing up the DH spot to be able to rotate in guys like Hernandez, Smoak, etc., I imagine. The team will be paying ~$50M this season for guys to play elsewhere, but, that's part of the stripping down process.

Props to Jays management for not letting money get in the way of development.

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...Jays are covering $10M and get international bonus money in return + Jesus (nobody) Lopez

Probably clearing at-bats for Vlad.

Also, clearing up the DH spot to be able to rotate in guys like Hernandez, Smoak, etc., I imagine. The team will be paying ~$50M this season for guys to play elsewhere, but, that's part of the stripping down process.

Props to Jays management for not letting money get in the way of development.

I agree. Get the younger guys at-bats and experience. See what you have.

The team will be paying ~$50M this season for guys to play elsewhere, but, that's part of the stripping down process.

I still don't get why that's such a sticking point for some people. The Martin and Tulo deals were deals that anyone could have seen were going to look ugly near their end and when AA took them on it was discussed at the time.

The team will be paying ~$50M this season for guys to play elsewhere, but, that's part of the stripping down process.

I still don't get why that's such a sticking point for some people. The Martin and Tulo deals were deals that anyone could have seen were going to look ugly near their end and when AA took them on it was discussed at the time.

Yeah. It's not like baseball has a cap or the Jays are going come anywhere near the luxury tax threshold before those contracts expire. They were never going to spend that money elsewhere, the guys they moved/let go weren't likely to improve their trade value with Toronto, and their roster spots/playing time is better used on players the team hopes to develop into longer term pieces. Some people just don't like the idea of money being spent on nothing - even when it's not their money.

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The team will be paying ~$50M this season for guys to play elsewhere, but, that's part of the stripping down process.

I still don't get why that's such a sticking point for some people. The Martin and Tulo deals were deals that anyone could have seen were going to look ugly near their end and when AA took them on it was discussed at the time.

Yeah. It's not like baseball has a cap or the Jays are going come anywhere near the luxury tax threshold before those contracts expire. They were never going to spend that money elsewhere, the guys they moved/let go weren't likely to improve their trade value with Toronto, and their roster spots/playing time is better used on players the team hopes to develop into longer term pieces. Some people just don't like the idea of money being spent on nothing - even when it's not their money.

I also think they believe that the money is being given to players no longer on the team as opposed to giving it to players that could help the team but I don't think that's the case either.

After the Morales trade, combined with the international money the Jays got from the Dwight Smith jr trade, the Jays have $1.5m to use on signing an international player which could return a very useful player. Jays spent just under $4m to get Vlad jr.

...Jays are covering $10M and get international bonus money in return + Jesus (nobody) Lopez

Probably clearing at-bats for Vlad.

It's flexibility for Vlad to play DH if Drury is any good this year. It's also a way to get Hernandez at bats if his defense in LF continues to be a tire fire. It also lets Tellez get at bats until Vlad comes up at least.

I also think they believe that the money is being given to players no longer on the team as opposed to giving it to players that could help the team but I don't think that's the case either.

Maybe. I mean, unless they could have convinced another team to take on the full salary, the Jays were going to be paying these guys, regardless. Basically, that money was never going to be available to give to the guys they want to keep around long-term. Tulo, Martin, and Morales either got it from the Jays as a Jay, or from the Jays (indirectly, in the cases of Martin and Morales - their cheques will come from their new clubs, but those teams got the money to cover most of those cheques from the Jays) while on another team.

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"Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not his own facts." - Daniel Patrick Moynihan

I get the optics of it aren't good,I get why it's a funny line to say but it's not like "The Jays are paying 50 million to guys on other teams" is better than "The guys are paying 50 million to guys contributing no value to the team" which is almost certainly what would happen if those guys stuck around.

Outfielder Socrates Brito and infielder Alen Hanson, both 26, are expected to join the big league club but wonâ€™t be today, coming from West Coast. RH Derek Law going to Triple A, RH Juan de Paula to one of #BlueJays A ball teams.

Outfielder Socrates Brito and infielder Alen Hanson, both 26, are expected to join the big league club but wonâ€™t be today, coming from West Coast. RH Derek Law going to Triple A, RH Juan de Paula to one of #BlueJays A ball teams.